Boxes; Children's literature; Handicraft; Paper work; Toys
In the two long rims of the box cut pillars on each side. (See Diagram
Seven, page 181.)
Cut two long cardboard strips from some Bristol-board—each two inches
longer than the length of your box. Glue one strip each over the top of
the pergola, lengthwise, over the long sides of the box.
Cut five inch-wide strips of cardboard two inches longer than the width
of your box, and glue each across the opening made by cutting the top
from the pergola box. Each strip should be evenly crossed between
opposite pillars.
If you have any pretty artificial flowers left from your garden and
greenhouse, twine them around the pillars of your finished pergola.
I have a gardener for my garden. His name is Karl Shepherd. He came to
me in a box of toy lambs that I bought at the ten-cent store. I called
him Karl because he looked so German. Perhaps, among your playthings,
you have a little figure like him. Look and see. I am sure you will find
a gardener.
Here’s the little Boxville Garden,
Just as cunning as can be;
Bring your scissors and the paste jar!
It is made with boxes—see!
There shall be a pretty greenhouse,
There shall be an arbor, too;
Paths and flower-beds we’ll lay out—
Oh, there will be fun for you!
[Illustration: Boxville Greenhouse is cut from the half of a deep box
such as hardware merchants use on their shelves. It has a roof made from
cardboard. The glass is waxed paper.]
[Illustration: The Pergola is made from the lower half of a white
shoe-box. Strips of white cardboard are glued across the top.]
[Illustration: The Boat-house or Yacht Club is made from the half of a
deep box about eight inches long. Its roof and floor are shoe-box
covers. The flagstaff is a pencil.]
[Illustration: Boxcraft Houseboat is made from the lower half of a plain
shoe-box. Two shoe-box covers make the rest of the boat.]
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BOXVILLE BOAT-HOUSE OR YACHT CLUB
=Material Required to Make a Boxville Boat-house=: the lower half of a
deep box about six inches long, and also two shoe-box covers.
Boxville Boat-house is made from an oblong box about two-thirds the size
of a shoe-box. Its wharf is a shoe-box cover, and its roof is another
shoe-box cover.
If you wish to cut a lake from a sheet of silver paper, the boat-house
or yacht club is the very thing for this play. Any water toys, such as
swans, ducks, fish, or frogs, may swim on Silver Paper Lake, and from
your yacht club, parties of fishermen may angle for magnetized fish. The
boat-house may be a part of the summer attractions of Hotel Bandbox in
season.
To make a boat-house building, you will first need to turn your box over
upon its rims so that its bottom becomes its top.
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